At this apportioning made by the constable, many people who heard what he had done praised him for it, considering him a man of great modesty and notable discernment. Others, out of envy and secret loathing, said that he could well do that, and much more if he wanted, because he held half the kingdom in lands and revenues, and in other gifts that he had received from the king. They added that, for all that he showed himself to be without greed in his triumphs over the Castilians, because his goal was to seek honourable victory and not gain, he succumbed to it later in the shape of the goods and lands of the kingdom that he knew how to ask for, a request which the king did not oppose. On this, some people said that, when the king was still Master and in Lisbon waiting for the Castilians to besiege them and had sent Nuno Álvares to the Alentejo as chief officer of the marches, he told him and recommended then that he should strive with all his might to help him defend the kingdom. In return, he promised that, if God allowed him to be successful, he would divide the kingdom with him, as he would find out in due time. Although this is not at all certain and may be an opinion which we cannot trust, it could well be so, because for a man who desires to gain honour, this is an easy promise to make to the one who can be of great assistance in such an accomplishment.

However, whichever way it was, the count came to hold three counties in Portugal, namely: Ourém, Barcelos, and Arraiolos. He had at his command 18 places in the kingdom, as follows: Braga, Guimarães, Chaves, Montalegre, Porto de Mós, Ourém, Almada, Montemor-o-Novo, Arraiolos, Evoramonte, Estremoz, Borba, Vila Viçosa, Sousel, Alter do Chão, Monsaraz, Portel, and Loulé in the [kingdom of the] Algarve; and in addition to this, many royal estates and other revenues from land under cultivation that it would be superfluous to name. Despite all this honour and advancement, we do not read that he used the title ‘Dom’ in his letters, even though the king and many others called him that, as was fitting.